Method of raising and purifying water.



W. S. FRANKLIN.

METHOD 0P RAISING AND PURIPUNG WATER.

APPLIGATON FILED JAN. 19, 1912.

Patentad Jan. 12, i915.

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f point near the WILLIAM S. FRANKLIN, 0F SOUTH BETHLEHEM, FENNSYLVNIA.

METHOD 0F RAISING AND PURIFYING'WATEB.

Spccication of Lettera Patent.

Patented dan.. i?, iil.

Application led January 19, 1912. Serial No. 872,17e.

To all whomJ it may concern.'

Be it known that I, WmtrAM S. FRANK LIN, of South Bethlehem, in the county of Northampton and in the State of Pennsylvania, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Methods of Raising and Purifying Water, and do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

The object of my invention has been to provide a method of purifying water, and particularly one adapted' for simultaneously raising and purifying water, and to such ends my invention consistsin the a paratus for and' method of purifying an raising water hereinafter specied.

While my method may be used for puri- V fyin water without raising it, the primary use tor which my invention is intended is that of simultaneously raising and purify- 1n water. 1

ore particularly, my invention is intended for raising water out of Vwells and for purifying the water while it is being raised.

While l shall illustrate my invention by the best embodiment known to me, such embodiment is to be regarded as typical only of many possible embodiments, and lmy claim is, therefore, not to be restricted to the particular embodiment shown.

1n the accompanying drawing The gure is a diagrammatic View of an apparatus, which is one embodiment of my invention.

ln the accompanying drawing, a well has been ormedby sinking a pipe 1 from the surface of the ground to a water-bearing it is desired to raise waterirom this well and at the same time to purify it, preferably by ozonizing it. l accordingly provide an air ipe 2, which entends to a ottom of the' pipe l so as to introduce air bubbles into the water land. cause the water to rise in the well-known way. rlhis air pipe is connected by apipe 3 with an air pump or other source of compressed air. An ozonizer, or other appa# ratus for introducing a purifying agent into the air, is connected at some point in the compressed air circuit. In the illustrated embodiment, the ozonizefr is interposed between the pipes 2 and '3. The ozonizer is illustrated diagrammatieally by a casing 4, in which are metal plates 5 and 6 which are connected by leads 7 and 8, respectively, with a source oi high voltage alternating current, such as a transformer. A glass plate barrier 9 is interposed between the metal plates.

ln the operation offmy apparatus, accordin to my said method, air is forced throng the ozonizer and is there ozonized and descends through the air pipi? 2 to the lower end of the water ipe l. he escaping air forms air bubb es inthe water of the water pipe and causes'it to rise in the well-known manner. During the travel of the air bubbles through the water, the ozone sterilizes the water. The apparatus thus not only sterilizes the water but at the same time raises it.,

l claim: The'method of purifying water consisting in causing ozonized air to ass through and lift a body of water, the ozonized air being underva constantly decreasing pressure throughout the entire time of contact.

in testimony that l claim the foregoing l have hereunto set my hand.

WliLLlAM- S. FRANMN. Witnesses:

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